Inside of a circus tent, 26 clowns are yelling in agreement; perhaps some holy meeting, and in the centre is a tall clown that looks to be preaching clown wisdom.

Preacher: " When we smile, the world knows why, and as we cry they should feel the beauty of what it means to be a clown. Yes, we hide behind our face paint, yes we show how humorous mistakes can be, but we will not be divided by jokes and we will not stand by any longer while the finger is pointed at us for being simple dreamers. It is time to haunt the smiling and silently take back what belongs to us: sleep."

Hearing this, the clowns go berserk. However, while they are talking, small spheres enter their mouths and ears. And inside their bodies, the small spheres are moving about gear up with shadow tools, "Get to work, get to work, we need to get this done before sunset."

Boom

Boom

Boom

Cables are shot from their internals, through their backs and fronts, pinning the clowns to the ground and thus immobilising their bodies entirely.

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The ground beneath the clowns give off a crimson sheen, and as it does, the clowns are dragged into it and submerged under a roof of crimson.

Clowns:"..."

Shadow Force Assistant: "Level 5 clear

Shadow change acquired-"

The terrain transforms to that of an open field, and as Bhainz looks up ahead, he notices 8 clowns running towards him.

Raising their arms, grasping at air, the space transforms and with a boom, flying discs of razor sharp wind fly straight at Bhainz.

Retrieving the Shadow Bow, Bhainz aims and fires, the shadow arrow curves and as it does, the red sphere at the tip spirals into liquid form and from it, hundreds of small spheres hover, before shooting out thousands of cables of shadow, passing through the winds, engulfing it with darkness and changing it's trajectory from Bhainz to the location of the 8 clowns.

The cables, however, withdraw into the small spheres, the small spheres combine, containing the dark razor wind, and revert to the bigger red sphere on the tip of the arrow.

The tip smacks into one of the clowns, instantly shredding it's body. From there, cables of shadow launch out to the other clowns, sending through it's shadow structure thousands of small red spheres that explode into many small compressed razor winds layered by shadow, slicing them apart.

"Level 6 completed

Obtained Flying Shadow.